Reconstruction:Proto-Kartvelian/pekw-

This Proto-Kartvelian entry contains reconstructed words and roots. As such, the term(s) in this entry are not directly attested, but are hypothesized to have existed based on comparative evidence.

Proto-Kartvelian

Root

*pek(w)- : *pk(w)-

to grind

Derived terms

⇒ Proto-Georgian-Zan: *pkw-il- (“flour”)
- Old Georgian: ფქვილი (pkvili)
  - Georgian: ფქვილი (pkvili)
- Zan:
  - Laz: ქუერი (kueri), მქირი (mkiri), ქირი (kiri)
  - Mingrelian: ქვირი (kviri), ქირი (kiri)
  - →⇒? Svan: ლე-ქუ̂ერ (le-kûer, “mill”)

Descendants

Proto-Georgian-Zan:
- ⇒ Old Georgian: ფქვა (pkva, “to grind, mill”), მფქველი (mpkveli, “millstone, grinder, miller”)
- Zan:
  - ⇒ Laz: მქუმს (mkums, “[he, she] grinds”)
  - ⇒ Mingrelian: ქუალა (kuala, “to grind, mill”)
Svan: ფექ (pek, “flour”), ⇒ ლაფა̈ქ (lapäk, “flour chest”)

References

Klimov, G. A. (1998) Etymological Dictionary of the Kartvelian Languages (Trends in linguistics. Documentation; 16), New York, Berlin: Mouton de Gruyter, page 201
Penrixi (Fähnrich), Hainc; Sarǯvelaʒe, Zurab (2000) Kartvelur enata eṭimologiuri leksiḳoni [Etymological Dictionary of the Kartvelian Languages] (in Georgian), Tbilisi: Tbilisi Sulkhan-Saba Orbeliani State University Press, page 465
Fähnrich, Heinz (2007) Kartwelisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch [Kartvelian Etymological Dictionary] (Handbuch der Orientalistik; VIII.18) (in German), Leiden, Boston: Brill, page 434–435